Mumbai: The market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies eroded by Rs 3,46,947.54 crore to Rs 3,03,33,258.69 crore.The BSE Sensex fell by 676.53 points or 1.02% to settle at 65,782.78 yesterday.
Tata Steel declined 3.45%, followed by Tata Motors 3.19%. Bajaj Finserv, NTPC, State Bank of India, JSW Steel, Larsen & Toubro and Bharti Airtel were among the other major laggards. Top gainers were Nestle, Hindustan Unilever, Asian Paints, Tech Mahindra and UltraTech Cement.
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All indices ended lower with metal tumbling 2.45%, utilities falling by 2.32%, power (2.31%), telecommunication (2%), capital goods (1.83%), auto (1.52%), oil & gas (1.47%), industrials (1.46%), financial services (1.33%) and commodities (1.22%).
A total of 2,353 stocks declined while 1,240 advanced and 139 remained unchanged. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 92.85 crore .
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